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Crypto VC deals continue drop as activity follows bearish market prices • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in Crypto, Crypto Economy, crypto markets, cryptocurrencies, EC Blockchain, EC Cryptocurrency, investors, Startups, venture capitalNo Comments on Crypto VC deals continue drop as activity follows bearish market prices • ZebethMedia

Venture capital deal flow into cryptocurrency startups is going in the same direction as the cryptocurrency market cap: down. The total crypto market cap has fallen almost 59% from about $2.25 trillion at the beginning of the year to $923 billion at the time of publication, according to CoinMarketCap data. “Deal activity tracks very closely to the crypto market cap,” Robert Le, fintech analyst at PitchBook, said to ZebethMedia. “It’s a little bit of a lag, but if you overlay the crypto market cap to the amount of venture capital going into the space by quarter or month, it tracks closely.” In the past two quarters, global crypto VC deal activity fell from all-time highs of $10.87 billion in the first quarter to $7.63 billion in the second quarter and $4.44 billion in the third quarter, according to PitchBook data as of October 3. The last time the total deal size was this low was in the first quarter of 2021, when the total was $3.46 billion. “The deal count went down a lot,” Le said. “What you’re seeing is that the crypto companies that are getting investments are getting a bigger share compared to last year.” Basically, investors are putting more money into smaller bets and companies or projects they feel “higher conviction” for, Le said.

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NASA’s DART spacecraft bumped an asteroid off its orbit • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in asteroids, dart, Government & Policy, NASA, SpaceNo Comments on NASA’s DART spacecraft bumped an asteroid off its orbit • ZebethMedia

The demise of a spacecraft is usually something rather poignant. But two weeks ago, NASA celebrated one’s destruction. On September 26, NASA executed the final stage of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), in which a spacecraft intentionally crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos to investigate whether such an impact could deflect an Earth-bound stellar object. A successful collision was the first cause for celebration, but now there’s even more reason to cheer. NASA has officially determined the DART mission a success, revealing in a press conference today that Dimorphos’ orbit has changed significantly due to the impact. In crashing DART into Dimorphos, planetary defense researchers hoped the spacecraft’s kinetic energy would transfer to the asteroid, altering its path. In theory, the same method could be used to protect Earth from an incoming asteroid. (For what it’s worth, neither Dimorphos nor the larger asteroid Didymos, which it orbits, pose a threat to our planet.) For mission success, DART needed to change Dimorphos’ nearly 12-hour orbital period around Didymos by at least 73 seconds. After two weeks of observations, the team revealed a 32-minute change in Dimorphos’ orbital period — more than 25 times longer than the benchmark for success. “This result is one important step toward understanding the full effect of DART’s impact with its target asteroid,” Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, said in a press release. “As new data come in each day, astronomers will be able to better assess whether, and how, a mission like DART could be used in the future to help protect Earth from a collision with an asteroid if we ever discover one headed our way.” The DART team will continue to observe Dimorphos, gathering data from ground-based observatories; the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube satellite, which imaged the collision in close range; and, eventually, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission, which is scheduled to survey Dimorphos in about four years. The image at top from LICIACube shows debris pluming into space from the impacted asteroid. “DART has given us some fascinating data about both asteroid properties and the effectiveness of a kinetic impactor as a planetary defense technology,” said Nancy Chabot, the DART coordination lead from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, which managed the mission for NASA. “The DART team is continuing to work on this rich dataset to fully understand this first planetary defense test of asteroid deflection.” While we’re a long way off from full-fledged planetary defense capabilities, DART has at least demonstrated that we probably won’t need to send Bruce Willis into space to protect us — an autonomous spacecraft should do the trick.

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This startup is building a web3-friendly app store for developers • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in app-store, blockchain, Crypto, crypto.comNo Comments on This startup is building a web3-friendly app store for developers • ZebethMedia

Apple’s 30% tech tax on developers has not just antagonized consumer tech giants like Epic Games and Spotify but is also turning web3 startups against it. Major NFT marketplaces OpenSea and Magic Eden noticeably only let users browse listings on their iPhone apps without enabling trading to avoid the steep fees. But doing so bars the one billion iPhone users from easily accessing a new breed of decentralized apps, while web3’s current challenge is to drive mass adoption. A nascent startup hopes to solve the app store problem for web3. Founded last year, Magic Square is building an app store that lets developers list projects that are vetted by the community. And its initial traction — 250,000 have signed up to test its upcoming beta version — has helped it attract investor attention. Magic Square’s valuation jumped to $75 million after recently raising an additional $1 million, up from the $30 million price tag of its $3 million seed round led by Binance and Republic that was closed in July. The startup is now seeking to raise $4.4 million at a $120 million valuation, CEO Andrey Nayman told ZebethMedia. Crypto.com Capital, the VC arm of the namesake crypto exchange, has joined as a strategic investor and will leverage the large pool of projects listed on the exchange to help Magic Square onboard more developers. The startup wants to make marketing cheaper for crypto startups, which are currently throwing tens of thousands of dollars at influencer endorsement without knowing for sure that will lead to new users, or they launch an airdrop but end up attracting speculators rather than real users. As such, Magic Square has designed a marketplace for affiliate marketing — a concept that has existed since the dawn of the internet — where developers set the price of how much they pay for each user acquired. In turn, marketers claim the tasks and work on helping these apps drive users. That’s also how the startup generates revenues. Instead of a tax on in-app purchases, it takes a 10% cut from the developers’ campaign budget. Buoyed with fresh proceeds, Magic Square plans to add headcount to its team of 40 employees spread across the world and focus on product development for its affiliate marketing program. User protection With the explosion of blockchain apps and crypto scams, having some kind of gatekeeper could offer a layer of protection to consumers. Despite the heavy tax they charge, Apple and Google at least work to root out illegal or suspicious apps — even though the mission sometimes falls short. “There are currently around 10,000 dApps out there, but if I talk about production-ready applications, it’s like 2,150 apps,” says Nayman, who was previously an investor at a major Israeli hedge fund. “If you are a crypto-savvy user, you know where to look. You know to check the white paper, the audit reports, the LinkedIn of the founders — the nuances that need to be checked in order to decide whether this is a project that you want to be involved or not with. But if you are not, you have no idea where to start.” There’s a seeming paradox in building a user-friendly decentralized product because accessibility and speed often rely on centralized data centers. But as some web3 experts increasingly argue, it’s the degree and type of decentralization that matters. In Magic Square’s case, decision-making for app publishing is kept in the decentralized realm. Its store depends on a group of validators to screen apps, a process that happens through a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, with an incentive mechanism to keep participants accountable and active. The app store is in the process of transitioning from Solana to Binance Chain. Validators are the ones who eventually decide what gets to be on Magic Square, and they do so by vetting projects by three criteria — content, security and user experience — not unlike traditional app store inspection. Each app goes through 250 randomly picked, independent validators, including 50 “qualified” ones who are technically advanced and 200 “standard” ones who can be anyone from the community. Validators are doing it for financial returns. Whether their app ends up passing the test, developers need to pay validators in Magic Square’s tokens to audit their apps. The store also encourages app users to leave reviews by rewarding them with points that can be converted into tokens, a structure that Neyman compares to the vastly popular — though sometimes fraught — play-to-earn business model used in GameFi. “Instead of playing, they just can use the same application that they’re using in their daily lives,” says the CEO.

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News and updates from ZebethMedia’s Meta Connect 2022 coverage • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in Daily Crunch, Startups, Venture, venture capitalNo Comments on News and updates from ZebethMedia’s Meta Connect 2022 coverage • ZebethMedia

To get a roundup of ZebethMedia’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, humans, and the hundreds of AIs that are probably reading this as well. May your day be full of joy. If you can’t feel joy today, be kind to yourself. Perhaps tomorrow is the day for joy. That goes for both humans and AIs, come to think of it. — Christine and Haje The ZebethMedia Top 3 Hope you have a great Meta Day: That’s right, we had a team monitoring the comings-and-goings of today’s Meta Connect developer conference, where we are sure Mark Zuckerberg was passionately talking about how to make the metaverse “a real boy,” and its next big bets. See the Big Tech Inc. section for more. Help us help you: Human resources technology has gotten a lot of action in recent years as companies went into remote mode. Factorial is one of the companies reaping the benefits. Ingrid reports that the company brought in $120 million in new funding that doubles its valuation into unicorn territory as it builds out enterprise-quality HR for small businesses. And in this corner…: NocoDB is throwing its hat into the ring as a viable contender for Airtable, offering an open source, no-code platform that connects to production databases. Paul has more. Startups and VC NextView Ventures announced today that it has raised a $200 million venture fund, its largest to date, split between an early-stage vehicle, at $135 million, and an opportunity vehicle, at $65 million, Natasha M reports. The fund also brings on Stephanie Palmeri, a founding partner of All Raise and former partner at Uncork, as an equal partner. Indian startups raised $3 billion in the quarter that ended in September, down 57% from the previous quarter and 80% year over year. The figures are remarkable for many reasons, Manish reports. The most obvious being that startups are finding it difficult to raise capital at a time when most top-tier funds in India have raised record-large funds this year. And we have another handful of stories. I know I usually just do five, but our little writer-bees were particularly busy over the past 24 hours, so here’s five plus a few bonuses. Wishful thinking at best: Blue-chip VC firm Matrix Partners has long been an investor in software infrastructure Now, Connie reports, it has some questions about web3. She describes a lot of the projects as “wishful thinking.” Fitter, happier, more productive: Ron reports that Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences. Money smarts, gamified: This company wants to improve your credit by gamifying financial literacy, reports Christine. On the sunny side of the street (yeah): Solestial promises solar panels in space for a tenth of the cost and lines up $10 million seed funding, Devin reports. Moar data, moar funds: Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3 million, reports Tage. Look, you just can’t do that: Haje face-palms pretty hard at OG App, wondering what the fledgling startup’s endgame was. Last chance saloon: Wanna come to Disrupt? Well, Lauren S wants to remind you it’s your last week to save on passes to ZebethMedia Disrupt. How to go from popular to profitable during a downturn Image Credits: Patrik Giardino (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Product-led growth startups are like a car with a manual transmission that needs a push to get going: one driver just can’t do it all on their own. According to Nick Mills, whose sales experience includes stints at Stripe, Facebook and CircleCI, “all companies eventually face a similar challenge: To keep growing, sales teams must be hired and a pipeline must be built.” After explaining how to calculate your serviceable addressable market, aka “the piece of that pie you can win right now,” Mills shows how to define product-qualified leads that will get sales engines firing on all cylinders. “Telling investors about your viral user growth is no longer enough,” says Mills. “They want to know how it translates to revenue, resilience and runway.” Three more from the TC+ team: ZebethMedia+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Big Tech Inc. We hope you are having a Meta and Google day so far, but if not, we think the following stories will get you in the mood. These are just a few of the gems you will find in our event hub: Not to be outdone, Google announced a bunch of news that the team was here for as well: For those of you ready for some other company news, we are here to deliver: And just like that…: General Motors has gotten into the energy business, Kirsten writes. The car maker’s new business unit is offering a line of energy products targeted at residential, commercial and charging. Why take a cab when you can take a helicopter?: Joby Aviation, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft startup (whew!), is partnering with Delta Air Lines to offer home-to-airport transportation for airline customers, beginning in New York and Los Angeles. Rebecca has more.  I’m in a buying mood: Thoma Bravo also continues to be in a buying mood this year, and Ron has kept up with all of the action. This time, Thoma Bravo acquired its third identity company this year with a $2.3 billion ForgeRock deal. We are pleased to meta you — now have a Google day.

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My virtual torso watched Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Connect 2022 keynote • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in SocialNo Comments on My virtual torso watched Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Connect 2022 keynote • ZebethMedia

Moments before Meta’s big annual developer conference was set to begin, ZebethMedia’s staff scrambled to see who had a charged Meta Quest headset, which is turned out was nobody. But because I knew what corner of the closet mine was in (upper left), here I am. After merging my work Facebook account (Taylor Linguini) with Meta’s new universal login system, I pushed a software update, RSVPed to Mark Zuckerberg’s big keynote and popped on that bad boy. I also popped on its USB charger because this thing doesn’t last that long to begin with and I was on like 30 percent power and sometimes Zuckerberg likes to do a lot of words. It took me a little bit of gesticulating wildly to remember the controls, but then I was ready to watch the Meta CEO’s keynote, which was attended by myself and 5.4K of my closest friends (torsos only) a number that probably accurately reflects how many Meta employees and wayward tech reporters were required to watch this thing in three dimensions instead of two. Image Credits: Meta/ZebethMedia My main impressions from the event, the virtual one, were that… it was fine. I was plopped into a virtual plaza full of helpful signage about the keynote location and developer events and a big brand fountain in the center (all brands need a fountain) with that floppy blue infinity sign. After navigating to the keynote portal by thrusting my virtual torso into a large depiction of Mark Zuckerberg I was sucked into a VR timeloop situation for five minutes or so, wherein I got kicked back to the plaza and had to do it all over again. Once I was in, I watched Zuckerberg’s newly revamped avatar chat with various employees on stage in a small instance with maybe 15 other people, all of whom probably worked for Meta and thought I was completely deranged, which is mostly not true. While they stood around a small virtual amphitheater watching the keynote calmly, I did the opposite, scooting frantically between them and taking screenshots while pressing myself as close to Zuck’s instanced avatar as I could, much like any self-respecting press nightmare person would do at an IRL event. Image Credits: Meta/ZebethMedia Everything worked pretty well and it was mildly more entertaining to watch a tech keynote in VR rather than on my computer, but way less practical. I couldn’t really record the audio any more or take notes, since my field of vision was dominated by virtual reality, which is not yet superior to reality reality as far as jotting down my little notes goes. And it was hard to describe the funny things happening to my work pals, who were not in VR with me, which drove a wedge between us, in my opinion. One thing I will say is the avatars in Horizon Worlds look pretty okay now (mine is kind of hot to be perfectly honest), but man, people are doing some wild stuff with their arms. Presumably like me, everyone else in my little pocket world was watching while seated at their desk, intensely gripping their little joystick deathstars as the only tether to regular old tactile reality. Image Credits: Meta/ZebethMedia Image Credits: ZebethMedia/Meta The effect of that is everyone sticking their zombie arms straight out or worse, twisting them up in horrible contortions because, like me, at some point they got sick of holding the controllers and set them down haphazardly. I even found one poor fucker levitating in space at the great floppy infinity fountain, his body folded hopelessly into itself three feet off the ground. I’m just bringing this up because we’re adding feet now, but maybe we should be un-adding arms, you know? Image Credits: Meta/ZebethMedia Ultimately everything went pretty smoothly except the scary stuff with the arms. There should probably be a “desk mode” that puts up a standard animation of crossed arms or whatever so we don’t all look like horrorshows in Horizon Worlds. Meta if you’d like to hire me I’m a genius but I do think that would be a conflict of interest. Also I have to say that my dog licked me out of nowhere while I was in there and that was totally shocking and I said “woah!” out loud, and that really pulled me out of the experience.

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Here’s what you missed at Meta Connect 2022 • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in Apps, meta, Meta Connect 2022, Virtual realityNo Comments on Here’s what you missed at Meta Connect 2022 • ZebethMedia

Last year at Meta Connect, the company then known as Facebook dropped a bombshell: it would now be known as Meta and focus on building the “metaverse.” After investing billions of dollars into the future of virtual reality, the rebranded Meta came back this year for its next big announcement: legs. Yes, avatars are going to get legs — our disembodied torsos will finally assume their bipedal form. Okay, fine, we all know that the biggest announcement today was the anticipated Meta Quest Pro, a high-end VR headset retailing at $1,499.99. But in between its new hardware and… legs, Meta unveiled a number of updates in its plan to dominate virtual reality. Here’s what CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta executives revealed at Meta Connect 2022: The Quest Pro is shipping out this month. After months of buzz, Meta unveiled the upcoming Quest Pro headset. With Meta’s last headset, the Quest 2, the company’s goal was to produce an affordable, consumer-grade product. But the mixed reality Quest Pro is Meta’s chance to flex the result of all the money it’s invested into Reality Labs. Microsoft is partnering with Meta to bring workplace tools to VR. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, joined Zuckerberg at Meta Connect to announce that Windows apps, a Teams integration and Xbox Cloud Gaming will come to Quest. Users will also be able to use progressive web app versions of tools like Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. Avatars in Microsoft Teams. Meta is really doubling down on this whole “working in VR” thing. Who’s the audience for a $1,499 headset? Corporations, maybe. Meta said it deployed 60,000 Quest 2 headsets as part of a partnership with Accenture, and it’s building a “Meta Quest for Business” subscription product next year. “There’s an opportunity for a VR headset designed from the ground up to be great for work, as well as playing games and hanging out,” Zuckerberg said. CTO Andrew Bosworth seems to be on the same page, noting that one day, VR headsets might replace our desktops all together. We’ll believe it when we see it. Meta finally revealed some revenue numbers. Until now, Meta has been pretty cagey when it comes to revealing any financials about its metaverse (unless if it’s the SEC asking). Today, the company said that its Quest Store has made over $1.5 billion on sales of games and apps. That sounds impressive, but consider that just last quarter, Meta invested $2.8 billion into virtual reality. It’s time to get swole. Exercise is an unexpected use case for virtual reality. There’s a lot to be skeptical about when it comes to Zuckerberg’s intense metaverse push, but VR fitness apps like Supernatural are actually very fun. Now, Meta is releasing a product bundle to help you be… less sweaty when you’re boxing in your headset. For $69.99, you get a wipeable facial interface, wrist straps and adjustable knuckle straps. Is that really worth $69.99? I don’t know, is the Quest Pro really worth $1,499.99? We’ll see. Image Credits: Meta Meta lands a partnership with NBCUniversal. As part of a multi-year deal, the streaming app Peacock is coming to Quest. Meta also said that it will develop experiences around IP like The Office, Universal Monsters, DreamWorks, Blumhouse, Halloween Horror Nights. Share videos from Horizon Worlds on Reels. We’re not sure who wanted this, but sure. Why not. In all seriousness, it could be a good way for Meta to simply raise awareness about what Horizon Worlds is and how (a small number of) people are using it. But Horizon Worlds is kind of boring at best, so we don’t see this catching on. Image Credits: Meta But what if legs could change everything? Yeah, Horizon Worlds is a pretty cringe-worthy attempt at convincing people that the metaverse is cool. But what if our disembodied torsos finally had legs? In the next update to Meta’s avatars, we will finally look like real people. Kind of. “Seriously, legs are hard!” Zuckerberg quipped during the presentation. Well, if you’re eager to edit some spreadsheets, hop on Teams calls in VR and stretch your new digital legs, the Quest Pro is available for pre-order now and is expected to ship October 25.

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Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in Apps, DoorDash, Lyft, Transportation, UberNo Comments on Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks • ZebethMedia

The stock prices of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash slid on Tuesday after the Department of Labor announced proposed changes to how workers should be classified. The prospective guidance is intended to “combat employee misclassification,” the federal agency said. Investors swiftly drove Uber’s share price down by more than 10% to $24.61, while Lyft’s tanked more than 12% to $11.22 and DoorDash’s slid more than 5% to $44.98 at the time of writing. The change could make it easier for contractors to gain full employment status if they are “economically dependent” on the company, although the scope of the rule would be limited to areas such as minimum wage enforcement. The proposal is subject to a public comment period, which runs from from October 13 to November 28. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash depend extensively upon so-called gig workers, who haul people and meals around on their behalf but do not receive many hard-won benefits of employment — such as employer contributions towards their Social Security and Medicare taxes. Despite pressure from labor organizers and some lawmakers, tech firms have fought to continue classifying their workers as independent contractors, arguing the status benefits their businesses, other local businesses and workers themselves. Efforts to alter gig worker classification in the U.S. include a recently rejected ballot measure in Massachusetts, which could have explicitly defined such workers as independent contractors. In California, an effort to secure benefits for gig workers — AB-5 — passed in 2019. A year later, app-based gig workers in California were excluded from the law via Proposition 22, which itself was deemed unconstitutional in the state in 2021. However, app-based gig companies have appealed that ruling and continue to operate in California under the guidance of Prop 22. (Every day is a winding road.) In a statement, Lyft claimed the proposal had “no immediate or direct impact on the Lyft business at this time.” The firm then reiterated its argument that classifying gig workers as employees would deny them independence and flexibility. DoorDash published a similar statement on its blog earlier today. Uber also cited flexibility in an email to ZebethMedia, saying the “proposed rule takes a measured approach, essentially returning us to the Obama era, during which our industry grew exponentially.” In stark contrast, groups such as Gig Workers Rising have long argued that independent classification denies gig workers “basic worker protections and rights,” such as unionization, living wages and benefits such as paid time off. While ride-hail and meal-delivery companies argue that changes to how workers are classified would threaten their business models, these firms aren’t profitable. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have posted hefty net losses under the status quo.

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Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in Chain Reaction, Crypto, krakenNo Comments on Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange • ZebethMedia

Jesse Powell is stepping down from the CEO role at U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken, The Wall Street Journal reported last month. Co-founded by Powell and Thanh Luu in 2011, Kraken is now the fourth-largest crypto exchange by volume, according to CoinMarketCap. It’s a critical inflection point for the company, which was valued at $10 billion earlier this summer and has been rumored to be considering going public. We invited Powell to join us on this Tuesday’s episode of Chain Reaction to discuss some of the drama that unfolded prior to his exit and talk about what’s next for the company under its new CEO, Dave Ripley. The news that Powell was stepping down came shortly after a report from The New York Times revealed he had sent controversial messages to employees regarding his views on race and gender. The Times also reported that Kraken is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department over allegations that it violated sanctions rules by allowing users in Iran to transact on its platform. Under Powell, Kraken has been vocal about its “crypto-first” values, releasing a manifesto outlining its libertarian ideology and offering employees the option to take an exit package and leave the company if they disagreed with those values. Some employees took the offer, though the majority chose to stay at the exchange. Powell addressed these topics and shared more about his post-CEO plans on the episode, which you can listen to in full here:   Chain Reaction comes out every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:00 p.m. PDT, so be sure to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast and Spotify to keep up with the action.

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Don’t miss our partner breakouts and Discovery stage sessions at Disrupt • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on Posted in Disrupt, Startups, TechCrunch Disrupt 2022No Comments on Don’t miss our partner breakouts and Discovery stage sessions at Disrupt • ZebethMedia

ZebethMedia Disrupt — taking place October 18–20 in San Francisco — is the world-class tech conference where startups go to grow. Building a startup is no easy task — not exactly a newsflash, we know. And it’s why we want to direct your attention to the companies we partner with to make it happen. One of the things our partners do best is provide their expertise and educational resources. They present sessions on a range of topics that help new founders gain the confidence they need to move forward and build a solid business foundation. Partners dispense valuable insight from our stages, and they’re always interested in engaging with interesting startups and looking for potential opportunities. Here’s a grateful shout-out to the partners you’ll find sharing essential information and connection in breakout sessions and on the Discovery stage. Check ’em out — you’ll be glad you did. How to Supercharge Growth, Utilize Cloud, and Reduce Burn with Martin Mao, CEO and co-founder of Chronosphere, and Ash Shehryar, founder and chief design officer of Pronto Media Group. Sponsored by Google Cloud. The Great Expectations of Crypto and Blockchain with Denelle Dixon, CEO and executive director at Stellar Development Foundation, and Alex Holmes, chairman and CEO at Moneygram. Sponsored by Moneygram. Turning Start-Up Acquisitions into Success for Legacy Business with Dave Latham, VP of product CDK Roadster at CDK Global, and Mahesh Shah EVP and chief product and technology officer at CDK Global. Sponsored by CDK Global. Building the Visual Economy Through Developer-Led Innovation with Saranya Babu, chief marketing officer at Cloudinary. Sponsored by Cloudinary. What Happens When We Don’t Have Diverse Voices in the Room to Help Shape the Future with Wemimo Abbey, CEO and founder at Esusu Financial Inc., and Leyonna Barba, managing director of middle market banking and specialized industries business at J.P. Morgan. Sponsored by J.P. Morgan. Finding True Love in Tech Partnerships: The Dos and Don’ts with Kevin Issadore, head of business development, North America, at Marqeta; Brandon Krieg, CEO and co-founder at Stash; Tim Montgomery, SVP, North America digital partnerships at Mastercard; Chelsea Puckett SVP, strategic payments systems at Stride Bank; Parilee Wang, head of product at Alloy; and Ted Westhelle, senior manager at North American Digital Sales at Mambu. Sponsored by Mambu. From Capital and Counsel, to Partnerships and Profits: How to Maximize Your Investor Relationships with Daniel Jacker, CEO and co-founder at ZaiNar; Emily Koster, director of communications at Samsung Next; Gloria Lau, CEO and co-founder at Alpha Medical; Rebecca Liao, CEO and co-founder at Saga. Sponsored by Samsung Next. The Secrets of Managing Data for 5,000 Companies with George Fraser, CEO at Fivetran and Mark Kidwell, chief data architect, analytics data platform, at Autodesk. Sponsored by Fivetran. How to Evolve Your Business Through Recurring Revenue with Dan Hardman, managing director, co-head of technology and disruptive commerce group, at JPMorgan Chase; Adam Tesan, chief revenue officer, Chargeebee; and Dmitriy Yakubov, head of partnerships at Checkout. Sponsored by Chargebee. Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC with Navin Chaddha, managing director at Mayfield. Sponsored by Mayfield. Famously Overlooked: How Underestimated Founders Survive and Thrive in a Competitive Market with Maëlle Gavet, CEO at Techstars, and Tashi Nakanishi, managing partner at HartBeat Ventures and CEO at XPV Group. Sponsored by Capital Connect by J.P. Morgan. How Banks and Fintech Startups Can Effectively Co-Thrive with Chintan Mehta, CIO and head of digital technology and innovation at Wells Fargo and Madhu Narasimhan, EVP, head of innovation at Wells Fargo. Sponsored by Wells Fargo. Don’t miss out on your last chance to save $700. Buy your Disrupt pass before October 14 at 11:59 p.m. (PDT) and join us in San Francisco! Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at ZebethMedia Disrupt 2022? Contact our sponsorship sales team by filling out this form.

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